A powerful, simple, award-winning podcast player. Featured by the App Store as Editor's Choice and critically acclaimed by The Verge, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, AppAdvice, and more.
No big company or VC funding here — Overcast is the only major podcast app written by a single person.
The Verge: “The best podcast app for the iPhone”
9to5Mac: "Overcast is the best podcast app that I’ve ever used”
AppAdvice: "Our favorite podcast client"
Six Colors: "My podcast player of choice"
The Sweet Setup: “Overcast is our favorite”
Cult of Mac: “It’s the best podcast app out there”
TIME: “Overcast lives up to its lofty claims”
iMore: "My personal favorite"
TechCrunch: “There is no reason why you should still be using the Podcasts app over Overcast”
Overcast is a modern, fully featured audio podcast app with many useful features in a simple, intuitive interface:
- Smart Speed saves time without distorting the audio or sounding unnatural.
- Voice Boost makes every podcast the same volume with a broadcast-quality remastering engine.
- Download podcasts for playing anytime, even offline.
- Search and browse for new podcasts, plus get personalized recommendations.
- Create custom Playlists with smart filters and per-podcast priorities, and rearrange the list whenever you want.
- Receive optional notifications when new episodes arrive.
- Subscribe to a podcast, or just add an episode: try new shows without committing.
- Sleep timer automatically stops playback after any time interval you set.
- Apple Watch app with standalone playback and cellular streaming.
- CarPlay support.
And Overcast has world-class privacy, with no third-party analytics, ad services, or tracking code.
Overcast is funded by ads that promote other podcasts. If you choose to purchase Overcast Premium to hide these ads, payment will be charged to your iTunes account, and your account will be charged for renewal 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Auto-renewal may be turned off at any time by going to your settings in the iTunes Store after purchase.
Privacy policy: https://overcast.fm/privacy
Terms of use: https://overcast.fm/terms
Proudly made in New York.
I used Overcast for years, but the recent half-baked update has crippled or removed key functions in this once-great app and made it next to unusable. - Streaming is gone. - Downloading podcasts on the fly is NOT more stable. After a downloaded episode finishes playing, the app consistently fails to quickly download the next episode and play it, but hangs instead. Moreover, downloads often freeze or are painfully slow if wi-fi or 5G isn’t great. This basically forces users to auto-download everything in advance (causing storage problems for many) or set custom download settings for each and every podcast they subscribe to (tedious). - Manual episode downloading is now buried in a drop-down menu (…) and requires multiple clicks instead of a swipe or a single tap. Instead, the download button has been replaced with a “share” button. What? How often do you need to share a podcast episode vs download it? - Siri Shortcuts don’t work yet—even after the recent update claiming to add them, they still do not work reliably, especially “play ‘playlist’”. Those are the big problems. There are many other smaller one, and the new app is generally buggier and less stable than it was before despite claims to the contrary by the developer. Clearly it was released prematurely for no good reason. I loved the old Overcast; however, I've been forced to switch to Pocket Casts for now. If these issues are resolved, I will be happy to update my review but right now this really is a one-star experience compared to before.
Best podcast app!
Everyone should use this!
Is it just me?
Overcast was my favorite podcast app. But it has been glitchy and jerky for months on my iPhone.
I’ve had no problems with any other app so … is it just me?
iOS 最好的 Podcast 播放器
Voice Boost 對付音質不佳的節目特別有效，強力推薦 👍
Rework apple watch update
Why I have to play game while downloading? Who the hell come up this idiot idea? We just want a simple podcast app not a distrubing and boring game!
Literally the best PODCAST APP!!! However….
…. However, new episodes since Feb. 5th don’t show up anymore what happened??! I checked my phone storage & there’s still plenty of it. Besides I haven’t touched any setting for a long time. Someone know how to fix that really appreciate some help I can’t live on w/o all my favorite podcast’s new episodes 😭😭😭
…… (I don’t know if it has anything to do w/ the new rule “any playlists getting over 1500 episodes would stop the function of MANUAL SORTING & PRIORITY PODCASTS …. But I don’t see our dear Mr. developer mention anything about STOPPING THE UPDATE ON NEW EPISODE, whhhhyyyy???)
……… P.S. Besides why can’t go over 1500 episodes, ??? …. my old phone w/o new updates went over 1500 episodes a long time ago w/o major problems occurring except short freeze & occasional APP meltdown restart.
…. I’d imagine new phone can handle such even better. 🤔🤔
……… P.S.S. I'd love to sort away listened episode but just like many ppl out there I DON’T HAVE THE TIME 🥲🥲 besides it would be nice to quickly check up the episodes’ title to have that sweet nostalgia feeling to see what I’ve listened to all these time I bet our dear developer must can understand being a fellow podcast lover!!🥲
Really love it!
Even better with ATP
I like the new change to the Apple watch, but....
Is it possible to bring "next episode" and "next chapter" back?
I used the function a lot before but found them disappear in the latest version....
Good 3rd-party Podcast tool
Good 3rd-party Podcast tool with great user experience.
